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I recently read a statement that claimed skepticism is the tool that leads us to separate fact from fiction.
I recently read a statement that claimed skepticism is the tool that leads us to separate fact from fiction.
If Paul's admonition to Timothy was to study to show that he would be approved as a person able to separate truth from fiction, then Paul was giving support to skepticism.
I recently read a statement that claimed skepticism is the tool that leads us to separate fact from fiction.
Seems to me that's what II Timothy 2:15 is all about.
Sorry about the triplicate posts. First time in posting and didn't realize the first two were successful.
This life is a strange thing indeed. Earlier today I was watching an atheist on youtube speak about the controversial movie Fitna. I ended up watching part of that movie and it sickened me. Not so much because of the atrocities carried out in Allah's name, but because I simply cannot understand how any human being could do such things to another human being. I couldn't even finish watching the movie.
I would not describe myself as an atheist. I would describe myself as a humble human being searching for meaning and trying to understand what it is that people see in faith and belief in supernatural beings that, to my human facilities, appears to not exist. I go back and fourth between extreme doubt, and a desire to push harder and find something to latch onto that feels "worth it." I feel alone in this search and largely abandoned by all religious people of the world because these feelings, though honest, are not acceptable to them. In short, I am not a Christian, not for lack of my own trying, but because I feel like my own thoughts are not even on the table for discussion.
So, after Fitna, it made me ask myself "How can there be a God who can claim to love us, and yet allow our world to be like this?" This led to me searching google for information on Jesus's moment of doubt upon the cross. Afterall, if Jesus doubted, then maybe by understanding HIS doubts, I could understand my own. That search led me here.
This post has to be one of the most honest and to the point posts I have ever read. As I said before, I am not an atheist because of my skepticism and doubt. My skepticism and doubt seem to be inherent traits of being human to me.
I implore any religious person out there who is reading this to not dismiss or pass judgment upon the doubtful people you meet. You can consider the choice between atheism and belief to be a binary choice, however, I am willing to bet that us "atheists" and you "Believers" are more alike in our search for truth than we think.
Thank you for giving me so much to think about at a time when I really needed it.
Hi, just want to commend you on a great post. I especially like the part where you said that non-believers are there to keep the church in check. I wish more churches (especially the one I'm in) would listen to this advice!
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